stalking-horse
英
['stɔːkɪŋhɔːs]
美
['stɔːkɪŋˌhɔːs]
- n. 猎人用于掩护的假马；借口
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stalking-horse的英文翻译是什么意思，词典释义与在线翻译：
英英释义
Noun:
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a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate
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something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
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screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
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a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
stalking-horse的用法和样例：
例句
用作名词 (n.)
- Her eyes kept straying to the clock and,a nod being as good as a wink to a blind horse,I said I had an appointment to meet a friend,and left.
她老是用眼睛瞟着钟，明人不用细说，我借口有约会要见一位朋友，便起身告辞了。
经典引文
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The Gaelic movement has got a footing by using Nationalism as a stalking-horse.
出自： G. B. Shaw -
They would run a 'stalking-horse' candidate to test the level of party dissatisfaction with the Prime Minister's performance.
出自：Independent
